AlexanderA
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My paternal grandfather served in the army in WW1 -- the Ottoman army. He was drafted into it very much against his will. Luckily he was discharged after he became ill with typhus.
I doubt that the Turks trusted him with a rifle. Ethnic minorities like him were usually put into labor battalions.
I doubt that the Turks trusted him with a rifle. Ethnic minorities like him were usually put into labor battalions.